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Saville was born Philip Saffer on 28 October 1927 at Marylebone, London (in later life he gave his birth year as 1930, a date repeated in all his obituaries), [5] son of Louis Saffer (who later assumed the anglicized form of the family name, "Saville", chosen by his father, Joseph Saffer, a master tailor), a travelling salesman for a clothing company, and Sadie Kathleen (known as "Kay"), née ...
Taja Sevelle (born Nancy Richardson January 7, 1962) [1] is an American singer, best known for her 1987 single, "Love Is Contagious", [2] and for the non-profit organization Urban Farming, which she founded in 2005.
According to Doggett, the song's title has multiple "precursors": including a 1949 Robert A. Heinlein science fiction novella The Man Who Sold the Moon; [14] a 1954 DC comic, "The Man Who Sold the Earth"; and a 1968 Brazilian political satire, The Man Who Bought the World. [8] However, none have a thematic link to Bowie's song.
The song was used in a Pepsi commercial featuring Turner, which also served as a promo for her Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour sponsored by Pepsi. Additionally, the song was adopted by other brands for their advertising including Applebee's [18] and T-Mobile. [19] The song title is often mistitled as "Simply the Best", reflecting a phrase in ...
"Blue Monday" has been labelled a "synth-pop classic" [21] [22] and described as cementing the group's movement from post-punk to alternative dance. [5]It has been noted as an example of the hi-NRG style of club music, [23] and the 2004 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide called it "the ultimate in flawlessly programmed, LSD-driven, push-button dance-pop".
[1] Gimbel passed these lyrics to Fox, who set them to music. [2] Lieberman recorded the song in late 1971 and released it as a single in 1972, produced by Gimbel and Fox. This version did not chart. Lieberman promoted the album by touring, and she always introduced the song "Killing Me Softly" by describing its origin in the McLean performance.
Bagdasarian sang the song, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitched "chipmunk" voices, with the vocals credited to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Seville's cartoon virtual band [1] and later media franchise. [2] The song was nominated for Record of the Year in the 1st Annual Grammy Awards, where it also won three Awards. [3]
On her debut album for Philips, Nina Simone in Concert (1964), for the first time she addressed racial inequality in the United States in the song "Mississippi Goddam". This was her response to the June 12, 1963, murder of Medgar Evers and the September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four ...